The Friendly Guide to Internet Regulation: Overbroadness and Vagueness
Starting a series on the concepts that define Internet regulation over at FriendlyToS. The first concept to be introduced: overbroadness and vagueness.
Suppose your friend wanted to stop people from reproducing a picture she made, so she demands that everybody she knows stop copying any pictures. That sounds like a bit of an overreaction right? Or she says that people cannot share her picture. Well what does “share” mean? Can I post a link to her original picture on Facebook?
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